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islation.

Memorial by the Board of Finance giving the

returns of foreign imports of opium and of the native production together with the sales thereof, and suggesting a mode of

procedure in the matter.

On 11th. of October, 1907, the Grand Council

received the following decree from the Throne: "The sale of

opium under

official control is of supreme importance in the

suppression of smoking, but a detailed inquiry must be made as a

basis on which to act, The returns of foreign imports and of

native production and of the amounts of sales must all be

collated in detail. The Board of Finance is to depute capable

and upright departmental officials to investigate the matter in

its entirety with the utmost expedition, at the latest within

one year from the present date, and a mode of procedure is to

be submitted to Us for Our assent thereto".

In accordance with the Imperial command

we deputed officials to the various provinces to make a full

enquiry, and it appears that the amount of native production of

opium in the 31st. year of Kuang-hsu was 142,698 piculs in the

32nd.

I. year 148,103 piculs, in the 33rd. year 119,983 piculs,

thus showing a reduction of about 20%. The sale returns for

Kug-hsu 31st. year were 141, 525 piculs, for the 32nd. year

135,693 piculs, and for the 33rd. year 97,738 piculs, thus

exhibiting a reduction of between 20 and 30%. The amount of

foreign opium passed through the various customs houses in the

31st. year was 51,920 piculs; in the 32nd. year 54,117 piculs,

in the 33rd. year 54,584 piculs, thus exhibiting no reduction

whatsoever. The returns for the present year report reductions

of from 30 to 40% up to 60 and 70% in the areas of opium culti-

-vation. With regard to foreign imports the British Government

has agreed to reduce the amount by 10% annually from January

last on a total return estimated at 51,000 cases; it being the

case that the reduction in the imports still falls short of the

remarkable